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We've had some birds nesting above the entryway at the office. I've been taking pictures of them that can be found here, if you are interested. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ddrueding/tags/officebirds/

Because there is very little barrier to buying one at $80? Price fixing?

That's how I did mine, but I used a larger sample (to minimize human error). 40.1GB in 203 seconds = 197MB/s

I get 197MB/s over SATA, from one drive to another. ;)

I'm thoroughly happy with it. The only thing I can think of is some sort of real-time updating within the page (like Slashdot is currently working on) that would eliminate the need to refresh periodically (possibly saving bandwidth). Considering Slashdot can't even get it right, and the piddly...

Agreed. If it landed on top and managed to break the windows, there was likely structural damage. That typically totals a car by insurance standards.

I have a 1000' box of Plenum rated CAT6 here next to my desk. It says it is 23 Gauge.

Wow, that (and that) sucks.

That really sucks Merc. IIRC, it was a quite new Honda? I would be interested in the story and some pictures as well...

Oh, they are. When we lived in Palo Alto, they were a mile walk away. The prices, however, were truly outrageous. I've never been raped so hard by someone so happy and helpful to do it. It is also where I spotted my first Tesla Roadster. I did play with the Gitzos when I was there (they do have...

I have a chain of firewalls in place, that somehow combined are blocking some seemingly random traffic. Just work.

I've run a hundred times more IDE/SATA drives than I have SCSI drives, and had about the same percentage fail. Calling SATA "so flaky" would be an overstatement.

That is a neat idea Will.

I've always used my ballhead to do the leveling?

I knwo several public school teachers, and this is exactly what happens here as well. One teaches in Salinas and has said her class shrinks by a third for half the school year. Then they get back just in time for the testing that these scores are derived from.

There will be more decent brands as vendors figure it out. The issue is that only 2 companies make good drive controllers at the moment. Once More companies make the controller chips, the price on that will come down, and the other vendors will start to make use of them.

I wouldn't, because I don't know the insides of FreeNAS or Linux. If I knew Linux half as well as I knew windows, I would use it.

Wow, no idea here...

I think all the others mentioned are cheaper. The PS3 Bluetooth looks like a fine idea. There really is no substitute for the Linksys Bluetooth adapter if you want long range, it blows everything else away.

That answers it for me. No EX it is. Thanks.

I'm using a Logitech DiNovo Edge...very sweet looking, and works great with a Linksys Bluetooth Adapter.

This looks like it would be a great upgrade for these systems. Built-in power supply, too. Now i need to go back to looking for good chassis in this form factor.

That is very interesting. I would certainly choose to run LiPo most of the time (lighter and more life), having a AA fail-over option would be sweet. The internal USB port for stashing your 3G card makes a lot of sense as well. If it could take full advantage of the faster SD cards, that would...

Ah, I need to read up on that more. Will it be more complex day-to-day? Or will the added features stay out of my way until I need them?

The problem with an ATX power supply is it is quite literally the same size (and weight) as this entire machine. It's not like you or I don't have at least one spare of everything we use sitting around...

For me, this will already be my third tripod. I know I like them and use them a lot. I know the shots I take will benefit from a better one. The only things that bother me about my current one is that it isn't particularly stable, sometimes isn't tall enough, and takes too long to extend and...

From what I could tell, the EX was a healthy bit taller extended and not much taller compressed, while being about the same price. So the question would be, why not?

That Buffalo actually does ship with the drives...not a bad deal, really. But not very fast. Even upgrading your chassis or adding a simple SATA card is still the simpler/cheaper solution.

Kirkphoto.com looks to offer what I am looking for, for a bit more than I am willing to pay. BH-1 Ballhead - $355 Gitzo GT2540EX Tripod - $650 XSi QR Plate - $55 They have other neat toys, as well. Like this cool window mount and low pod.

I have my primary storage local on my primary system, just faster that way. I then have it backing up to my other system. With 2TB drives so cheap and easy, "normal" amounts of storage don't need dedicated machines anymore. Here is what I would do in your shoes: 1. 2x2TB drives in local machine...

These systems are plenty fast for their purpose, not to mention practically silent and very energy efficient (hint, turn the fan from "very low" to "low and it runs cool as well). I think the Atom is getting a bad rap because of the systems it is going into. This rig boots very quickly and is...

I do have a Linux question though. After installing jre6 from Synaptic, x starts but without any menu bars. I get the desktop and a mouse, but no menu at all. Help?

It isn't as non-standard as you might think. It takes standard mini-ITX motherboards (with standard backplates), standard laptop opticals, standard 2.5" HDDs, and will run either the power supply that is in it, or a picoPSU. Even the headers for the front USB are standard. I haven't seen a...

Shuttle X27D Intel Atom Dual-Core OCZ Vertex 30GB 2GB DDR2 Ubuntu Netbook Remix It isn't a netbook, but the install is quick and the UI is super-simple.

Time for the B&G, Handy?

Because blue states are typically the better places to live, which is why their average IQ is higher, which is why they are blue. These places are also more expensive, which is why people are leaving in a down economy.

I don't know if it is still the case, but my color one burns through batteries much faster than my B&W. The B&W even was visible during the day without it's backlight.

It depends on how lost you tend to get. I need a map to get back, but if you only need waypoints, bearings, and distances, they are much cheaper/smaller.

Mythbusters: Polishing a Turd

If you get a good SSD (Intel, OCZ Vertex, re-brands of either), then nothing is required. I haven't done any trickery with my machine. Those tricks are mainly for making sucky SSDs suck less. I've done quite a few drive images onto SSDs without issue.

I would like to visit Chicago, just to photograph the chrome turd.

I have had the same out-of-sync sound issues, but it was recording-specific. Some played fine, others didn't. Some were DVDs that were out of sync, others were fine as DVDs but got messed up when I re-encoded using XviD.

Here is the write-up on the tax in CA...

We have the same, but my guess would be that their funding comes from this tax.

Some general questions, if you don't mind. 1. Is it unreasonable to plan everything as part of a single compatible system? 2. With an eye towards cost/value, who should I be looking at? 3. What are the components I should be looking for as a base set?

Anything that contains mercury will have the tax. That is every LCD or plasma display. I don't install software for my monitors, or change the settings, so I don't know.

Just checked my most recent order with Newegg, there is a $16 "Electronic Waste Recycling Fee" there as well.

All these things cost money, I hesitate putting money into something until I have at least some idea of what I should get. Photoshop/PTGui/Photomatix were easy decisions, as I know a bit about software. Support systems, I have no idea. I started with a $20 tripod from Fry's, and now have a...

I can ping by name, but not surf. I hate troubleshooting this shit.

I think it depends on whether it is an OEM drive or not?